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Cryptoassets as property (maal): Islamic legal and ethical foundations and evaluative framework (2024)
Book Chapter
Ahmed, H. (2024). Cryptoassets as property (maal): Islamic legal and ethical foundations and evaluative framework. In S. Nazim Ali, & Z. H. Jumat (Eds.), Islamic Finance in the Digital Age (102-124). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035322954.00015

While most discussions on cryptoassets from Islamic perspectives have focused on their legality, this chapter presents a framework to assess their status from the legal and ethical attributes of property (maal). The key attributes of maal from an Isl... Read More about Cryptoassets as property (maal): Islamic legal and ethical foundations and evaluative framework.

Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic (2023)
Journal Article
Elsayed, A. H., Ahmed, H., & Husam Helmi, M. (2023). Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101784

Existing literature on spillovers and connectedness between Islamic and conventional financial markets overlooked the fundamental role played by money markets in volatility spillovers and risk transmission across markets. That being so, this paper ai... Read More about Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic.

Entrepreneurial finance, agency problems and Islamic ethics: complementarities and constraints (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmed, H., & Aassouli, D. (2022). Entrepreneurial finance, agency problems and Islamic ethics: complementarities and constraints. Venture Capital, 24, https://doi.org/10.1080/13691066.2022.2067017

This paper examines the interactions between Islamic ethics related to entrepreneurs and finance and discusses their implications on entrepreneurial finance. The practice of Islamic entrepreneurial ethics creates trust that helps to mitigate agency p... Read More about Entrepreneurial finance, agency problems and Islamic ethics: complementarities and constraints.

Integrating Waqf and Islamic Finance: Creating Synergies for Social Impact (2021)
Book Chapter
Ahmed, H. (2022). Integrating Waqf and Islamic Finance: Creating Synergies for Social Impact. In S. Nazim Ali, & U. A. Oseni (Eds.), Waqf Development and Innovation: Socio-Economic and Legal Perspectives (50-62). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158073-7

The chapter presents the ways in which the waqf and Islamic financial sectors can be integrated in order to create synergies that can promote social welfare. The interaction of the waqf and Islamic finance can be viewed in two broad ways. The first i... Read More about Integrating Waqf and Islamic Finance: Creating Synergies for Social Impact.

Regulatory Regimes for Shariah Governance: A Framework of Assessment and Analysis (2021)
Journal Article
AlQassar, A., & Ahmed, H. (2022). Regulatory Regimes for Shariah Governance: A Framework of Assessment and Analysis. Journal of Banking Regulation, 23(2), 139-154. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41261-021-00153-5

This paper develops a framework of assessing de jure adoption of Sharīʿah governance standards of international standards setting bodies and uses it to assess the legal and regulatory framework of Sharīʿah governance regimes (SGR). Using leximetrics... Read More about Regulatory Regimes for Shariah Governance: A Framework of Assessment and Analysis.

Religious Governance, Regulation and Standardisation: Evidence from Malaysian Islamic Banks (2021)
Journal Article
Hasan, A., Karbhari, Y., & Ahmed, H. (2021). Religious Governance, Regulation and Standardisation: Evidence from Malaysian Islamic Banks. International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbge.2020.10028589

This study explores the modus operandi and regulatory influence of the pioneering Malaysian dual-layer governance system where, besides an Islamic bank’s in-house religious board, supervision is undertaken by the country’s Central Bank via its own Sh... Read More about Religious Governance, Regulation and Standardisation: Evidence from Malaysian Islamic Banks.